Man arrested after shots fired from vehicle

STOCKTON — Authorities arrested an occupant of a vehicle that fled at a high rate of speed after someone inside fired several shots from a handgun Wednesday afternoon in central Stockton, police said.

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STOCKTON — Authorities arrested an occupant of a vehicle that fled at a high rate of speed after someone inside fired several shots from a handgun Wednesday afternoon in central Stockton, police said.

Members of a San Joaquin County gang task force heard about seven shots in the 400 block of Hawthorne Street and noticed a white minivan speeding away from the area, authorities said. Authorities stopped the vehicle a short distance away on North California Street between East Geary and East Hampton streets.

Inside the vehicle, authorities found a .40-caliber handgun, police said. Officers also located a number of .40-caliber shell casings near the location where the shots were fired, police said.

Lenado Boykins, 19, was arrested on suspicion of carrying a concealed firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm, authorities said. Two other occupants of the vehicle were detained and later released.